Blythey temptations

Too pretty not to share:
Mademoiselle Chocolat de Q-pot

Night flower

and this gorgeous little Russian inspired Bebe Babushka. She's lovely and dusty in colouring.

Lily Wild

It's been a long time since a Petite Blythe had me tempted, but this girl called Lily Wild is just gorgeous and looks a bit like my little sister Sarah.

Blythe-ism

There hasn't been much news on the Blythe front for a while but now it's fiesta time:

• A mushroomy girl called Charlotte Champignon


• My best friend petite

Neither of this one particularly feels like the Blythe drought breaker ... but there is big temptation in the form of twins: CWC Limited Edition Anniversary Petite Blythe "Denizens of the Lake Suzie Sugar" Pink and Green and more especially the flower fairy girl Petite Blythe "Denizens of the Lake Lily Wild":

Peppermint Bunny & Gingham

The latest Petite release ... Miss Peppermint Bunny. Her gingham ears rock.

Sperlunking

Nick Cave's new single - Dig Lazarus Dig.

Cool new Blythe stuff - a new little lodge

New Petite Blythe Squiggly Squirrel


Family Guy Blue Harvest. Yes please. Stewie as teeny Darth looks supercute.

Doll Patrol

It's a dancing prancing mood on the doll front. Have ordered two lovely ensembles - "Sugar Plum Fairy" and "Flamenco Fiesta".

The dance theme is apt as Christchurch is in the midst of The Body Festival of Dance and Physical Theatre. Have yet to go, but am eyeing the hiphop and Bollywood workshops.

New gals

As usual there is a spunky little crop of the wee gels on the Blythe site. Purty.
There is also a very OTT big one called "Dainty Biscuit". She is a bit oversweet for my liking.
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One of the joys of the big girls is their super eyechanging power. I particularly like her Liz Taylors.

Do the D.A.N.C.E.

Dream video for T-shirt lovers and one of the most joyous songs and videos - Justice - D.A.N.C.E (Version Finale)


Lush new dollies - Honey Bunny encore, Save the Animals:


Two more Threadless products on their way:The Scr-Emo by Jesse McCormack pour moi and a hoodie of Sharp is relative for SS.



Watching the German Grand Prix. Aquaplaning, crashing, all the drama. And Kimi Raikkonen's 80 year old granny is in the Ferrari pit watching it all.

Off the interweb:
False braids cost beauty queen her title: The winner of a Bolivian beauty contest for indigenous women was stripped of her title moments after her coronation when judges noticed she was wearing false plaits, organisers said on Saturday.

Blythe Anniversary

Coming up soon is the 6th anniversary Blythe. Here is the gallery of Anniversary goddesses thus far:
2002: Miss Anniversary

2003: Nike - Courtney Tez

2004: Art Attack

2005: Cinema Princess

2006: Darling Diva

blythe once more

A little influx of newbies - Gentle River and Lemon Butter (Lemon being the little one I think):

This Neo Blythe is called "Rainy Day Parade". What a sweetie in her little overalls and her nice bobbed hair

Charms

Recent web nuggets, literary and otherwise:

• Those nauseating Anchor Family ads are now on YouTube. Thanks for telling us Spare Room. Part of NZ culture.
  
• Dan Rhodes's top 10 short books - Was happy to see a list from my favourite writer appear on The Guardian. He is just so clever and appealing, check this out:
  "The Bride Wore Black by Cornell Woolrich" - His name makes him sound like a range of cardigans, but Cornell Woolrich was in fact a writer of highly-wrought suspense fiction, this one being a fine example. In his 1948 book Rendezvous In Black, the main character is called Johnny Marr, and at one point he has a fight with a man called Morrissey. A must-read for Smiths fans."
  Dan IS the man.
  
• Works like a charm- Jonathan Franzen's is a squeaky chair, Jane Smiley's a hot bath, Douglas Coupland's chocolate chips ... writers reveal what gets their creative juices flowing.
  
• Keats biopic should be Romantic, not romanticised - I'm worried that Jane Campion's Keats biopic will play up to the sickly stereotypes of the garret-dwelling poet.
  
• Race to Size Zero - yup they all want to be pins.
  
• Cole retains his British cool - had to search on Lloyd Cole after seeing him live at Al's Bar.
  
• How to make a good comeback - Tim de Lisle
  "The answer, my friend, isn't always blowing in the wind. Sometimes it's on another record. In 1984, the fey Glasgow-based indie guitar band Lloyd Cole and the Commotions released a song called Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken? Twenty-two years later, the fey Glasgow-based indie guitar band Camera Obscura have released a single called Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken. It hasn't made the charts, but it has been played 100,000 times on Camera Obscura's MySpace page. It's a suitable fate for Lloyd Cole, who couldn't write a song in his youth without mentioning one of his heroes ("read Norman Mailer/or get a new tailor"), and it's a fine song in its own right, with a chorus like an ice cream on a hot day."

Newest Petites:
"Dainty Biscuit" and "Care free tee", plus limited edition "Lavender Love"

Music be the food ...

This is Spanky Punky and Shy Bear. Yes there are still lots of cuties coming through but none on order. I am cold turkey on newbies.

Idolator - thanks for the heads up from the 'Erb Whisperer on this one. He played a hot Amerie track on The Joint show and now I am hooked.

Other newly recommended/discovered music sites are Daytrotter (which has the bonus of very pretty drawings) and Pitchfork.

And suuurrrrely the band name of the year is Someone still loves you Boris Yeltsin!

My favourite video of the moment is Cold War Kids. Watch it and savour its style and the great guitars.


Glad to hear all the reports that one of my fave fashion trends is back with a vengeance
o yes it is Flashdance. What a feeling!

and cool sneaks: "Steven Hawking Allstars Summer sneaker collection arrives!"

Heartless philanderer or modern emotional realist? - This is a challenging read "This man slept with dozens of women throughout his marriage, even when his wife was at home dying from cancer. Yet he never stopped loving her and nursed her to the end... "